Universal Great Britain

[rob@rar]

$30+

Grim. I’ve not visited since 2022 and I think is was $25 then, which I thought was exorbitant. If it’s gone up by five bucks since then it feels like price gouging. Wonder what the rate of inflation for parking has been over the last couple of decades?

 

[Mike2024]

I'm into the whole film making side of things, and experiences, rather than big thrill seeking rides. I've gone off of them in recent years. Maybe it's just age?

 

[Scott W.]

Is Universal Orlando currently $25 for standard parking? If you are in Orlando for two weeks as most Brits seem to be, unlike domestic visitors, the parking charges add a considerable cost to your holiday. I remember when it was $10 a day which felt OK to me, but when it gets to $20+ it began to feel like very poor value for money. I think you’re right to say that Brits would consider a £20 parking charge at Universal GB to be well in to rip-off prices territory.

It’s $32 for regular parking now. Staying on site is just as bad.

 

[rob@rar]

Good letter from Mohammad Yasin, although slightly concerning that he’s felt the need to ask for assurances that the negotiations process is back on track after the election. Let’s hope he’s pushing on an open door with Lisa Nandy and her colleagues in DCMS and the project gets the priority we’d all like to see. Sounds like they’ve not yet agreed on the level of government support for the train station(s) and the road improvements needed around the A421.

Anyone know who else was in the meeting with Mohammad Yasin? I was pleased to see John McReynolds is in the UK, hopefully leading for Universal in their government negotiations, but who was the other guy, the one in the middle of that photo that Yasin posted on Twitter?

 

[Chessy]

When I was there last September we stayed in a Universal hotel so paid no parking charges as we got the shuttle bus. The only parking we did pay for was the Disney Parks at $30 per day! I’m not sure what an acceptable charge would be here, personally I wouldn’t want to pay more than £15 which equates to nearly $20.

 

[Della]

Seriously it really grates on me when people keep talking about Harry Potter. It's terrible. I hate the movies and the park at Universal.

It's interesting that tommyhawkins got the hump and disappeared from this thread right around the time you first posted, co-incidentally he hated Harry Potter too.

 

[Jake S]

It's interesting that tommyhawkins got the hump and disappeared from this thread right around the time you first posted, co-incidentally he hated Harry Potter too.

Let's cool the conspiratorial chat. I also don't think this is a fair read on Tommy's position, which is that this park won't include Harry Potter representation for a variety of reasons we don't need to rehash right now.

 

[BBPH]

It's interesting that tommyhawkins got the hump and disappeared from this thread right around the time you first posted, co-incidentally he hated Harry Potter too.

Let’s not, Tommy deserves way more credit than being associated with a troll lol.

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[Steeb]

Or… perhaps as fans of or people who work in the industry, we hope the best for everyone and that both can easily be successful.

I’m no Merlin defender, but we just can’t compare them to the likes of Universal or Disney.

Absolutely fair to call me out on that, agreed that the ideal will be that both being successful will be the best outcome. I think I just get frustrated with Merlin as they have the ability to be so much better than they are.

FWIW, I have equally frustrated feelings about DLP.